Method and apparatus for protecting insulated pipe

ABSTRACT

A METHOD FOR ENSHEATING AN INSULATED PIPE WITH A RECTANGULAR SMOOTH-SURFACED, RESIN SHEET HAVING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGH-IMPACT POLYSYRENE WITH A THICKNESS IN THE RANGE OF 0.030 TO 0.060 INCH BY WELDING THE OVERLAPING EDGES WITH A FLUID CEMENT HAVING THEREIN A SOLVENT OF THE RESIN. THE SHEET IS PERMANENTLY CURLED TO A RADIUS WHICH WILL SNUGLY EMBRACE A RANGE OF SIZES OF PIPE INSULATION AND WRAPPED ABOUT THE PIPE SO AS TO LAP THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF THE SHEET AS THE WRAP IS COMPLETED.



